Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-07-20

4 Joseph c. Kennedy, n real estate
r agent, was assassinated about D O.
, clock on the evening of the 18th inst.
IN Washington, d. c., by John Dai
ley. Kennedy was about to take s
street car when Daley stepped up to
him. drew large keen bladed knife
similar to those used by butchers IN
killing hogs, ran it into Mr.. Kenne.
= dy's right side near the abdomen wit
a vicious lunge and then gave IL a
jerk sideways. 4 large crowd Was on
the corner at the time, including ma
nv clerks in the Government depart
meuts, but they were all so horror
stricken that for moment nobody
moved Mr. Kennedy fell to the
ground, and after giving one CRY of
Murder, groaued deeplya and point
ed to his murderer. The murderer
was Immediately arrested. Washing
ton people do not often talk Of lynch
ing. but in this case lynching was
freely talked Of. Daily Is in jail.
A few weeks ago a man from Johns
town came to Register Bare's Office
with his ''lovey dovev, who halls from
Mill Greek, and applied for a marriage
license. It was granted The enamored
couple then took the train for Mt
Union where they were married on
Saturday. July "a, by the Presbyterian
pastor. whose purse was enriched to
The extent Of 81 The groom had but
81 IN his possession. After the GER
emory hsd been performed the couple
fastened to the depot intending to
take Mail Express for Rvde. where
they, proposed making a visit. but
when they reached the railroad station /
they were Informed that the train had 1
gone and that there would be no 4
other one until the next morning.
Wlth-<@-&e.. lis pocket the husband I
went to q hotel, secured = room for /
the night for fifty cents, and after the !
happy couple bad eaten twenty-five |
cents worth OF ice cream. they retire I
ed with twenty five cents remaining. I
The next morning they dispensed |
with breakfast, the husband went I!
to the station, planked down his re-
naming twenty five cents for n tick |
ct for his wife to Ryde, placed her /
IN the train and eff she went alone. 1t |
beng Sunday and the groom not
having anything to do, presently took |
the railroad and walked to Rvde sta |
tlon, over eight miles, where it is re
ported he met his wife shortly after
dinner.-Huntingdon Globe.
Parties from Crawford Co. report
rather exciting incident which oc-
CURED down there last Tuesday after
noon James Laswell, of Laswell Sta
ton, on the Air Line, discovered
Charles p. Crecilius carrying on a
hsndkerchif Irritation with his daugh- !
ter and he at once took down the
shotgun and opened fire on Crecilius
who ran tn the depot and boarded a
passing freight train Another freight
train came along in a few minutes Las
well boarded 1t and followed Crecilius.
Laswell saw Crecilius standing on a
platform at the depot at English, a !
station few miles east Of Laswell. |
and he jumped from the train and !
opened fire upon him with a revolver
CrecIllus rapidly retreated in the dl-
rection of a creek and, reaching the
stream, plunged In and made for the
opposite shore. Laswell followed and
kept firing at Crecilius whenever op-
Portunity offered, but lie was in such
an excited condition that he could not
shoot with certainty. Crecilius crossed
and recrossed the swollen creek three
times in his flight from LasweI, and
hnally took to the woods and made
his escape Crecilius eloped with
Laswell's daughter some time ago and
was arrested, and both parties return
ed to their homes.
An oily tongued youth of about
eighteen summers visited this sec
ton of hecounty last week. profes
sing to be p. T. Bsrnnm,s advance
bill poster and advertiser, he engaged
boarding at different places for about
two hundred men and a lot of hor
ses- The show was to have been on
the lithinst, at Lswistown, and T. I,
through the fullness OF his heart and
the love he had for the people, had
arranged to run n free train from
Huntingdon to Lewistown for the ac-
! commOdation of his.smillion sight
seeing people He Is fraud OF the
first water and, should he ever strike
this town or township again, he Will
receive his just deserts He left Nil
lsrs hotel about midnight and WAS
seen by the railroad watchman tramp
ing ties on his way TO Huntingdon.
Pass HIM maround.-Newtoa Hamilton
! Watchman.
Tourist passing quiet looking
country housel-'There seems to be
an air of sweet, calm, dreamy content
tment and long summer-day quiet
about this place, my friend-" Inhab-
liant ueaning on gate)-''Does, hey!
you ought to go up in balloon and
look down on 1t for a second or two
you'd see grandmarm rafting grand
pop with fail in the barn: marm hoI-
din, the pantry door sgin Ezra third
attack of aslirious tremsns; sister Sui